A Rare Louis XV Walnut & Parquetry Slant Front Desk on Cabriole Legs

An American Chippendale
Maple Slant Front Desk
Rhode Island
18th Century

The slant front opens to reveal ...

A fine and rare Louis XV Carved walnut and oak commode France Mid-18th century The shaped top over a bombe case with three carved drawers all resting on carved feet. Height 39 in....

A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode Circa 1680-1720 The serpentine top with various wood parquetry designs throughout over a sh...

A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet Mid 18th Century Attributed to Jean-François Oeben The shaped marble top over a shaped cabinet with tulipwood, kingwood & parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all over four cariole legs ending in gilt bronze sabots. Height 41 in. Width 38 in. Depth 20 in. Jean-François Oeben, ébéniste du roi in 1754 and maître in circa 1761. Jean-François Oeben was a sub-tenant of charles-joseph boulle (1688–1751) in the galleries of the louvre from 1751, and in 1754 was granted lodgings at the gobelins and then at the arsenal in 1756. he was appointed ebéniste du roi in 1754 and was therefore able to work outside guild restrictions. he was a protégé of the marquise de pompadour, the marquis de marigny and the duc de choiseul. his identifiable works span less than ten years. his earliest pieces are in the louis xv style (e.g. small table, 1756–8; munich, residenzmus.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards...

This very fine and fully restored Queen Anne slant front desk was crafted in burled walnut on an oak carcass. This secondary wood choice wa...

A French Louis XV period walnut slant-front desk on commode from the 18th century, with star inlay, crossbow front and quadrilobe motifs. Born in France during the 18th century, this...

Italian burl walnut Venetian Rococo slant front desk, 18th century. A Louis XV period walnut and burl walnut veneered Bureau. The inside of the s...

A stamped French Louis XV style small walnut slant-front desk with sliding inlaid panels, long drawer and inner compartments from the early 19th century. This petite French desk...